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Incision Into the Urine Channel

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 53000

A cut made from the outside into the urethra, the channel carrying urine out of the body, performed as a procedure in its own right rather than as part of a larger operation. It is used to relieve a blockage, to let infected material drain, or to create an opening through which urine can pass.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Incision Into the Urine Channel cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $5,129 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$170 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,129$3,388 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $13,490Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $138 to $813
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $282

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 20.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$347

CA $3,236WV $158

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.